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14-NOV-2008

The leak, Matmata, Tunisia, 2008

I made this photo in the central courtyard of one of the most bizarre hotels in the world. All of its rooms are built into caves. It is so incongruous that scenes in the first Star War movie were filmed here. When I stood in the courtyard, I noticed a stream of water coming at us from a doorway marked “Toilette.” Using my 24mm wideangle lens, I use that stream as a diagonal to pull the entire image together and tell a story only a plumber would enjoy.
I made this photo in the central courtyard of one of the most bizarre hotels in the world. All of its rooms are built into caves. It is so incongruous that scenes in the first Star War movie were filmed here. When I stood in the courtyard, I noticed a stream of water coming at us from a doorway marked “Toilette.” Using my 24mm wideangle lens, I use that stream as a diagonal to pull the entire image together and tell a story only a plumber would enjoy.

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Phil Douglis02-Dec-2008 19:09
I can't speak for those stains on the walls, Rose Marie -- they are probably mineral seepage, but in Tunisia, who knows? As for the shifting liquids flowing across the hotel floor, I was advised several times to watch my step carefully.
sunlightpix01-Dec-2008 23:22
More shifting liquids! I just hope the stains on the walls are not related to the toilette.
Phil Douglis01-Dec-2008 00:26
I always avoid standing in unidentifiable substances, Tim, particularly when they seem to be flowing from a door marked "Toilette."
Tim May30-Nov-2008 23:41
Thankfully you don't seem to be standing in the stream of water.
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